Ken Macon
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Taiwan combines vaccine passport with digital ID number
Are other countries destined to do the same?
The EU is continuing to push the idea of a Digital Euro
More centralized control.
Driverless cars record everything, making them moving surveillance machines
Police are increasingly tapping into the data.
Tech platforms support New York bill to ban invasive geofence warrants
Data often gets handed over on everyone in an area at a certain time, or everyone who searched for certain keywords.
The EU wants to scan all chat messages, using the guise of combating child abuse
Platforms would be forced to scan conversations, even those that are supposed to be end-to-end encrypted.
30 million Italians sign up for Digital ID system to access services
The government wants everyone to sign up.
Canada’s health authorities tracked people’s phones during the pandemic
Citizens weren’t told.
Ireland considered full-blown surveillance state in response to Covid, book alleges
They only implemented some of the originally-considered measures.
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A new tool.